Hubba BINT HULAIL

Hubba bint Hulail was the grandmother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, thus the great-great-great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

She was the daughter of Hulail ibn Hubshiyyah of Banu Khuza'a who was the trustee and guardian of the Ka‘bah. She married Qusai ibn Kilab and after her father died, the keys of the Ka‘bah were committed to her. Qusai, according to Hulail's will, had the trusteeship of the Ka‘bah after him.

Hubbah never gave up ambitious hopes for the line of her favourite son ‘Abd Manaf. Her two favourite grandsons were the twin sons ‘Amr and ‘Abd Shams of ‘Atikah bint Murrah. Hubbah hoped that the opportunities missed by 'Abd Manaf would surely be made up for in these grandsons, especially ‘Amr, who seemed so much more suitable for the role than any of the sons of ‘Abd al-Dar. He became the darling of grandmother Hubbah’s eye.[1]

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